pentoxide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pentoxide
1860–65; pent- ( def. ) + oxide
Example Sentences
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The rate constant for the first-order decomposition at 45 °C of dinitrogen pentoxide, N2O5, dissolved in chloroform, CHCl3, is 6.2 10−4 min−1.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
The phosphorus pentoxide used to produce phosphoric acid for cola soft drinks is prepared by burning phosphorus in oxygen.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Most artificial smokes, Miss Raskin explained, are made of fairly heavy materials such as phosphorus pentoxide or petroleum oils.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oxyfluoride, CbOF3, results when a mixture of the pentoxide and fluorspar is heated in a current of hydrochloric acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
The lower part of the whole apparatus was inclosed in a thick walled vessel, e, containing a layer of phosphorus pentoxide.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various
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